the whole house was searched, anything for weapons, the whole house was fingerprinted. dna swabs, any kind of blood or anything for touch dna was swabbed in that house. but investigators found nothing, no murder weapon, bloody clothing or any other evidence of the crime. inside michael s truck, however, investigators found a hidden compartment under the back seat. there they found a treasure trove of forensic evidence. michael ratley s truck turned out to be the jackpot, if you will, for our case. it was almost like it was packaged for them to find because it was just that easy. there was a hammer, a box cutter, a piece of burnt electrical wire, and several pairs of gloves. michael ratley said he was shocked that these items were found in his truck. his words were oh, my god so it look like i killed my wife. michael insisted he wasn t the killer and that someone was
i did look for the presence of blood on that bathrobe, but i did not find any. i was surprised. the whole house was searched, anything for weapons, the whole house was fingerprinted. dna swabs, any kind of blood or anything for touch dna was swabbed in that house. but investigators found nothing, no murder weapon, bloody clothing or any other evidence of the crime. inside michael s truck, however, investigators found a hidden compartment under the back seat. there they found a treasure trove of forensic evidence. michael ratley s truck turned out to be the jackpot, if you will, for our case. it was almost like it was packaged for them to find because it was just that easy. there was a hammer, a box cutter, a piece of burnt electrical wire, and several pairs of gloves. michael ratley said he was shocked that these items were found in his truck.
on the night of the murder, reggie basile and ronald benson, and they were driving a burgundy car, similar to the one witnesses saw near the murder scene. when questioned, both reggie basile and ronald benson denied any involvement in the robbery and murder. police obtained a search warrant and confiscated all of the shoes belonging to the two men, but none matched the shoe impressions found inside shaw s home. so, investigators decided to look for genetic material inside the red ski mask that had been discarded after the murder. the forensic scientist turned the mask inside out and swabbed around the mouth area, hoping to pick up cells from saliva. using the entire surface area of the swab to collect as much of the potential cellular
reggie basile and ronald benson, and they were driving a burgundy car, similar to the one witnesses saw near the murder scene. when questioned, both reggie and ronald benson denied any involvement in the robbery and murder. police obtained a search warrant and confiscated all of the shoes belonging to the two men, but none matched the shoe impressions found inside shaw s home. so, investigators decided to look for genetic material inside the red ski mask that had been discarded after the murder. the forensic scientist turned the mask inside out and swabbed around the mouth area, hoping to pick up cells from saliva. using the entire surface area of the swab to collect as much
shannon was out with two friends on the night of the murder, reggie basile and ronald benson, and they were driving a burgundy car, similar to the one witnesses saw near the murder scene. when questioned, both reggie and ronald denied any involvement in the robbery and murder. police obtained a search warrant and confiscated all of the shoes belonging to the two men. but none matched the shoe impressions found inside shaw s home. so investigators decided to look for genetic material inside the red ski mask that had been discarded after the murder. the forensic scientist turned the mask inside out and swabbed around the mouth area hoping to pick up cells from saliva. using the entire surface area